On the right track

Future Publishing Ltd, 121–141 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London W2 6JR 0330 390 6591; www.countrylife.co.uk ONCE, a train arrived eight minutes late into the Swiss city of Basel and a group of besuited businessmen beat the door with their umbrellas in disapproval. An eight minute delay into a British city might be considered something of a victory. The HS2 boast about cutting 20 minutes off the journey to Birmingham is tin-eared—The Times writer Caitlin Moran described a ride there from Euston as being ‘in a human terrine’—standing by the loos, balancing a laptop on a luggage rack or the dawning discovery that the air-conditioning has broken is the norm for many commuters. In 2024, unions ensured a weary regularity to wrecked family days, missed appointments and overcrowding. This was a shame,…

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Country Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 26, 2025

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